Charles Leclerc's FrenchGP crash revived memories of Sebastian Vettel's 2018 Hockenheim blunder. Leclerc's immediate reaction was markedly different to Vettel and F1 editor mattkewF1 says this must continue if he is to topple Max Verstappen. ⬇️
The qualifying king, an ability to nail consummate victories, battle wheel-to-wheel and pass your key title rival, but occasionally cracking under the pressure that comes with Ferrari not having won a championship since 2008. This season’s Charles Leclerc, meet early 2018-spec Sebastian Vettel.
The eerily similar first half of these two campaigns is striking, and now both might come to be remembered for a critical crash. Leclerc’s smoky spin into the Beausset barriers last weekend in the French Grand Prix could become just as symbolic of a lost drivers’ crown as Vettel skating across the gravel and into the wall at Hockenheim three years and 363 days previously.
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